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by shiven 11y ago
Why the hell does Apple keep going with the SHITTIEST mobile GPU maker on the planet? I just cannot understand. But then again, I am only supposed to consume, not question, I guess... And I say this as a 2011 MBP user (yes, it has AMD gra
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by shiven 11y ago
I found prezto is more stable and responsive. Had weird hangs on auto-completion with omzsh... https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto
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by shiven 11y ago
That's the end result schools like Harvard are trying to avoid. Why? That is the worst kind of discrimination in my book. How is it my fault that I was born smart, worked hard to capitalize on my innate abities and then competed on a
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by shiven 11y ago
Very relevant here... https://xkcd.com/793/
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by shiven 11y ago
Why the surprise? This is a logical next step to the Chinese Eugenics program that has been going on for decades. https://edge.org/response-detail/23838 Welcome to the brave new world, whether you like it or not, it is
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by shiven 12y ago
As a scientist, the missing Y-axis makes one half of me laugh out in derision and the other half cry out in despair. Get your axes and scales right people. WTF.
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by shiven 12y ago
Same with biscotti , or so I have been told by nonplussed Italians who were offered some.
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by shiven 12y ago
Crows always defend fellow crows. If you have ever seen that in action, you'll totally understand. It's a fact of nature. Same for cops etc.
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by shiven 12y ago
-- grouch mode on -- The alpha vs beta is not really the heart of the story now, is it? So why tar-n-feather a very valid story with the 'clickbait' brush? It is a story worth reading. And asking hard questions of the FDA. My theo
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by shiven 12y ago
Or, as a (former) doctor, I love telling my engineer friends: Intuition can't be formalized. Part of the reason simply being the "system level" thinking that has to be developed, practiced and honed by any doctor worth his&#x
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by shiven 12y ago
Please do share. I am nonplussed as to why someone (on HN, the bastion of entrepreneurial culture, nonetheless!) would have problems with a societal framework that is #1 for doing business.
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by shiven 12y ago
Disabled zoom is one of my pet peeves too. I use this bookmarklet on my iPhone, you may find it useful... javascript:document.querySelector('meta%5Bname=viewport%5D').setAttribute('content','width=device-width,i
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by shiven 12y ago
If only LinkedIn had a radiobutton for that, or show an option to 'endorse' someone as an asshole... But, seriously, how do you, or anyone, actually do it? Humans are NP-hard in that regard. You will most likely only know a potato
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by shiven 12y ago
And while 60 Minutes is entirely untrustworthy ... Wait, what? Any proof for that statement? How come they are still on air? Why wasn't their parent broadcaster sued out of existence, if what you claim is true?
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by shiven 12y ago
I don't know about you folks sitting in SV, but from a rank outsider's (me) view, this sure looks like the tub just overflowed with soap suds! Cue poppity-pop of a SV bubble about to burst. It's for real now people! The ca
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by shiven 12y ago
Also, make sure you are (a). young (< 30yrs) (b). have little to no responsibilities (family, kids) (c). have great healthcare or health insurance and (d). lucky as a little green leprechaun! Yea, if you have met all those conditions, th
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by shiven 12y ago
Takeaway lesson #1: re-flash all HDDs/SSDs with verified vanilla firmware from original manufacturer. Lesson #2: Beware any and all data media, CDs, DVDs (Netflix? Blockbuster? Hollywood screeners? ...?), USB drives.
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by shiven 12y ago
YES. I absolutely, unequivocally, strongly recommend this book!
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by shiven 12y ago
Any chance of linking the web-app and the iOS app accounts?
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by shiven 12y ago
A contrary anecdote to yours would be mine. I love noisli so much, I actually bought the iPhone app! The app also lets you store combinations as named sets, a big plus for me. As with anything software (or life), YMMV.
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by shiven 12y ago
Now that was truly eye opening! Thanks for posting it.
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by shiven 12y ago
One can only imagine the fun she would have had with a main character based on Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos!
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by shiven 12y ago
Wait a minute, I thought the Quran was that sequel. Wasn't it?
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by shiven 12y ago
Damn you, Agent Smith!
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by shiven 12y ago
From my extensive expertise in ahem armchair amateur psychoanalysis ... I suspect a major mental disorder/abuse component to the story. Their kids ending up in foster care may be better for the kids than being raised in a DSM certi
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by shiven 12y ago
I found it rather tedious and un-climactic. A bit of a disappointment and a waste of time.
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by shiven 12y ago
The bureaucracy has expanded to meet the expanding needs of the bureaucracy. Pay Post-Docs like shit, but hire another Vice-Provost with a 100K+ package! Welcome to modern higher education and research where people doing the research get pa
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by shiven 12y ago
Precisely what came to my mind! My Jain friends sometimes fast for multiple days! I have no idea why you are being downvoted.
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by shiven 12y ago
Welcome to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle[0] in the macroscopic world! [0] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle
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by shiven 12y ago
For those who may have read ‘The Billionaire’s Apprentice'[1], Jed Rakoff is the same judge who was involved in sentencing Rajat Gupta. [1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/books/review/the-bi

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